Sahih al-Bukhari Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5082

Chapter: What type of women should one seek in marriage?

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 5082

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ الإِبِلَ صَالِحُو نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ، أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرِهِ وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ ‏"

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The best women are the riders of the camels and the righteous among the women of Quraish. They are the kindest women to their children in their childhood and the more careful women of the property of their husbands."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5082, 3434, 5365), Muslim (No. 2527a, 2527c, 2527d, 2527e) and Ahmad (No. 7330, 7384, 7896, 8750, 9421, 9679, 10121, 10500).

Classical commentary

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله ( خَيْر نِسَاء رَكِبْنَ الْإِبِل ) تَقَدَّمَ فِي أَوَاخِر أَحَادِيث الْأَنْبِيَاء فِي ذِكْرِ مَرْيَم عَلَيْهَا السَّلَام قَوْل أَبِي هُرَيْرَة فِي آخِره " وَلَمْ تَرْكَب مَرْيَم بِنْت عِمْرَان بَعِيرًا قَطُّ " فَكَأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ إِخْرَاج مَرْيَم مِنْ هَذَا التَّفْضِيل لِأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَرْكَب بَعِيرًا قَطُّ , فَلَا يَكُون فِيهِ تَفْضِيل نِسَاء قُرَيْش عَلَيْهَا , وَلَا يُشَكّ أَنَّ لِمَرْيَم فَضْلًا وَأَنَّهَا أَفْضَل مِنْ جَمِيع نِسَاء قُرَيْش إِنْ ثَبَتَ أَنَّهَا نَبِيَّة أَوْ مِنْ أَكْثَرهنَّ إِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ نَبِيَّة , وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ بَيَان ذَلِكَ فِي الْمَنَاقِب فِي حَدِيث " خَيْر نِسَائِهَا مَرْيَم وَخَيْر نِسَائِهَا خَدِيجَة " وَأَنَّ مَعْنَاهَا أَنَّ كُلّ وَاحِدَة مِنْهُمَا…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3434

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Amongst all those women who ride camels (i.e. Arabs), the ladies of Quraish are the best. They are merciful and kind to their off-spring and the best guardians of their husbands' properties.' Abu Huraira added, "Mary the daughter of `Imran never rode a camel."

نِسَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ الإِبِلَ، أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى طِفْلٍ، وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَلَى إِثْرِ ذَلِكَ وَلَمْ تَرْكَبْ مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ بَعِيرًا…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 5365

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The best women among the camel riders, are the women of Quraish." (Another narrator said) The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The righteous among the women of Quraish are those who are kind to their young ones and who look after their husband's property . "

خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ الإِبِلَ نِسَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ ـ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ صَالِحُ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ ـ أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرِهِ، وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2527a

Good amongst the women are those who ride camels. One of them said: They are pious women of the Quraish, and the other one said: The women of the Quraish are kind to the orphans in their childhood and look after the wealth of their spouses.

خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ الإِبِلَ -

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2527c

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The women of the Quraish are the best women who ever rode camels: most affectionate to their children and most zealously guarding the wealth of their husbands. Abu Huraira said at the end of this narration that Mary, the daughter of Imran, never rode any…

نِسَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ الإِبِلَ أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى طِفْلٍ وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2527d

Allah's Messenger, I am of an advanced age with a (large) family. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: The best women are those who ride (the camels) ; the rest of the hadith is the same but with this difference that, instead of the word Ar'a the word Ahna has been used (and the complete sentence…

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ عَبْدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ ابْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2527e

The best women who ride the camels are the pious women of the Quraish; they treat with affection children in their childhood and keep a strict watch on the wealth of their spouses.

خَيْرُ نِسَاءٍ رَكِبْنَ الإِبِلَ صَالِحُ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرِهِ وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Musnad Ahmad 7330